Role: Toby CliffordA flirtatious, handsome young man who has just moved into Roth House, the former Youlgreave family manor with his younger sister, Joanna. The troubled Rosemary turns to him for affection, but when Toby turns his flattering attention to Vanessa, her stepmother, Rosemary’s grip on her sanity is lost.

Plot: Based on the Roth Trilogy: Requiem for an Angel by Andrew Taylor. Fallen Angel is the story of the making of a murderer, but told backwards so that it’s more of a whydunit rather than a whodunit. Rosemary is the beautiful disturbed teenaged daughter of an English vicar, in the village of Roth. Home for Easter holidays, Rosemary’s world starts to fall apart with the discovery that her widowed father, David, is engaged to be married to Vanessa, publisher and would-be author. Rosemary is immediately set against Vanessa, but David misses all the signs. The macabre details of Vanessa’s research for her book about the previous vicar of Roth, Frances Youlgreave – poet, addict and suspected child killer- has a strange effect on Rosemary. Family friend, Wendy leaves her 12 year old son, Michael with his godfather, while she goes away on a second honeymoon. When certain mock re-enacments of Youlgreave’s rituals are discovered, Michael is blamed, although David has his suspicion on Rosemary. His suspicion along with his attraction to Toby’s sister only heightens Rosemary’s desperation for affection. Rosemary turns to Toby for attention, but when Vanessa takes that away, Rosemary becomes inflamed and finds her next victim.

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Trivia & Facts:- After reading the Roth Trilogy which was over 1000 pages, Eileen Quinn (IWC) commissioned Peter Ransley to write the script (finished in April 2006). A high profile cast with Drury was lined up and a consultant psychologist was on on hand to lend the script veracity.- Over the 3 episodes, Clare Holman’s character was required to age by 30 years: in the first episode, she was made up to play a 65 year old grandmother.- The three parts shown in reverse chronological order were: The Four Last Things, The Judgement of Strangers, The Office of the Dead.

Film Location: London, St. Albans in Hertfordshire, Little Missenden and Hambleden in Buckinghamshire (England)

Quotes:Andrew Taylor (novelist): St Albans was the location they used for the TV. In the novels (not just Roth), though, Rosignton is a fictional version of Ely. The producer wanted to use Ely for Fallen Angel originally but it worked out too expensive because of the distance from London.

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